Nine sets of twins ready to start school in ‘Twinverclyde’

Teachers will be seeing double as nine sets of twins prepare to start school in Inverclyde.The siblings gathered at Ardgowan Primary School in Greenock on Friday to be welcomed by Inverclyde Council ahead of the start of the new term.They will start P1 on Tuesday August 18 when schools go back in Inverclyde.Some of the nine sets of twins who are due to start school next week (Jane Barlow/PA) The area is sometimes dubbed “Twinverclyde” for because of its rate of twins.Schools there have welcomed 176 sets since 2013, an average of 12 sets each year.Councillor Jim Clocherty, Inverclyde Council’s convener of education and communities, welcomed the twins on Friday.He said: “You know the start of the new term is just around the corner when we officially welcome our twins who are starting primary